Thursday, April 26, 2012

UPDATE: Already, a couple sources are telling me I should take Jon Cardin's name off of the Comptroller's candidate list. We'll provide details soon!

Maryland Juice is celebrating another milestone today. In just nine months of blogging, we reached over 300,000 pageviews last night!

SPRING BLOG PREVIEW

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for a new focus on emerging races this spring.

Below is a preview of some storylines we'll soon be cultivating in greater detail.

SENATE LEADERSHIP - The 2012 Maryland legislative session
came to a crashing halt this month, and we are only beginning to see the
potential consequences from this. Senate President Mike Miller seems to be getting the brunt of the blame for the budget meltdown, and it is yet unclear how much additional political capital he will have to spend during an August session dedicated solely to expanding gambling. In the meantime, State Senator Rob Garagiola's CD6 Primary Election loss means that the Majority Leader's post remains unavailable for Miller's use as a consolation prize to keep potential opponents at bay. The grumbling among State Senators is growing, as they are becoming increasingly aware of their vanishing chances at moving up the political ladder with Mike Miller as President. There will obviously be consequences to all of this. Some members may look at running for higher office, while others will consider retirement. Those that remain will likely accept their backbencher status and hope an opportunity falls in their lap. But maybe, just maybe somebody will grow some spine. After all, no one is irreplaceable -- not even Mike Miller.

2014 DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES - We will be begin analyzing the state of the 2014 statewide candidate fields very soon. The match-ups will include races for Governor, Comptroller and Attorney General. The AG field right now is fairly undeveloped, but the Governor's and Comptroller's races seem to be fairly stable for the moment. Even still, much has changed since last we did round-ups on these races, but that's precisely why it is time to do a fresh series of analyses. We will be revising our lists of statewide candidates soon! A few dark horse possibilities seem worth mentioning now that we've watched the candidate fields develop over the last few months.

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